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Pete Hegseth Financial Disclosure 2026: Cash, Investments, Bitcoin
The filing also shows 16 exchange-traded fund purchases and two mortgages valued at up to $5 million each, according to CNBC.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth released his 2026 annual financial disclosure on September 18, revealing one bank account holding more than $1 million, a substantial increase from the $15,001 to $50,000 range reported in his 2024 nominee filing.
After taking office, Hegseth sold individual stocks including Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman in February 2025, reshuffling family investments into broad index funds; his ethics agreement required consulting officials but did not mandate divestment.
Throughout 2025, Hegseth and his family made 16 purchases of exchange-traded funds with reported ranges totaling between about $1.41 million and $3.05 million, including the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.
Jennifer Hegseth reported retirement investments worth roughly $1.55 million to $3.1 million alongside Bitcoin holdings valued between roughly $16,000 and $65,000, while the filing discloses two mortgage liabilities each between $1 million and $5 million.
Financial disclosures capture holdings within wide dollar bands rather than precise values, meaning these documents cannot reveal whether Hegseth ended up wealthier or poorer than he was twelve months earlier.